ITI vs. PWFL, REKR, HEAR, AXTI, OUST, RMBL, MX, EGAN, KOPN, and OPRX
Should you be buying Iteris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iteris include PowerFleet (PWFL), Rekor Systems (REKR), Turtle Beach (HEAR), AXT (AXTI), Ouster (OUST), RumbleON (RMBL), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), eGain (EGAN), Kopin (KOPN), and OptimizeRx (OPRX).
Iteris (NASDAQ:ITI) and PowerFleet (NASDAQ:PWFL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Iteris received 232 more outperform votes than PowerFleet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Iteris an outperform vote while only 38.74% of users gave PowerFleet an outperform vote.
Iteris has a net margin of 1.45% compared to PowerFleet's net margin of -3.86%. Iteris' return on equity of 3.76% beat PowerFleet's return on equity.
51.2% of Iteris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of PowerFleet shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Iteris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of PowerFleet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PowerFleet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Iteris. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iteris has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerFleet has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Iteris presently has a consensus price target of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 56.88%. PowerFleet has a consensus price target of $8.17, suggesting a potential upside of 52.93%. Given Iteris' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Iteris is more favorable than PowerFleet.
In the previous week, Iteris had 3 more articles in the media than PowerFleet. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Iteris and 4 mentions for PowerFleet. Iteris' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat PowerFleet's score of 0.39 indicating that Iteris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Iteris beats PowerFleet on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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